Sentences with phrase «public expenditure not»

Its role is to examine public expenditure not on the merits of any policy but «on value - for - money criteria which are based on economy, effectiveness and efficiency».

Not exact matches

While that's not impossible, achieving this kind of expenditure control will require difficult choices and continued restraint in terms of public sector compensation.

He recommended a ««who - gives - what» transparency in real time (not after the damage has been done), shareholder disclosure of all corporate political expenditures and public financing of congressional elections.»

The expenditures upon which we seek a report are those that Congress has said to not warrant a deduction as an ordinary and necessary business expense, namely, lobbying, participation in the political system by supporting or opposing candidates for office, and trying to influence the general public or segment thereof as to elections, legislative matters or referenda.

For instance, organizations trying to assist Haitian and Salvadoran refugees to avoid repatriation, or organizations urging boycott of banks doing business with South Africa, or organizations counseling young people not to register for the draft, or organizations protesting increased military expenditures, or organizations demonstrating against nuclear power or against mineral exploration in wilderness areas, are all in danger of losing their tax exemptions for violating «public policy.»

Elliott added, «We also stressed the need for public innovation expenditure to be strengthened and I hope the regional science audits will lead to that - and do not get side - tracked from the global challenge and opportunity facing UK chemical businesses and the country.»

Little is known about the processes by which resources are allocated within the police and generalised public expenditure procedures aren't specific enough to allow us to understand financial decision - making within police forces.

As Keynes pointed out, public expenditure need not be inflationary so long as it increases the efficiency of the economy and raises productivity by making better use of all available resources, both human and natural.

For a start, the next Labour leader will have only 13 days to agree a policy on spending cuts: the new shadow cabinet won't be announced until 7 October, while the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review, which will reveal the biggest cuts to public expenditure since the 1930s, is scheduled for 20 October.

The total sum, which exceeded by tens of thousands of dollars the amount of unspecified expenditures by each of the other lawmakers flagged, is broken down in depth within the documents and includes details not included in the senator's public campaign filings.

The public may not like the cuts but if it believes that cuts were inevitable and the deficit was the consequence of too much public sector expenditure then we really are fucked.

Before the general election, Labour pledged to not begin necessary public expenditure cuts until the economic recovery was secure so the pain would be reduced.

It is not in favour of public borrowing to fund current expenditure and is in favour of borrowing to fund investment.

The Strategic Thinkers Network - Africa (STRANEK) is of the strong view that the list of staffers at the Presidency as submitted to Parliament in accordance with section 11 of the Presidential Office Act, 1993 (Act 463) results in a wasteful expenditure which is not in tandem with President Akufo Addo's policy of protecting and saving the public purse from profligate expenditure and wanton abuse.

If history has taught anything, it is that you don't cut public expenditure during a period of sluggish growth.

We need «who - gives - what» transparency in real time (not after the damage has been done), shareholder disclosure of all corporate political expenditures and public financing of congressional elections.

«Independent expenditures tend not to be particularly as big in New York as say the LLC Loophole or housekeeping accounts,» said Blair Horner of The New York Public Interest Research Group, referring to political party accounts not subject to the same campaign finance limits as candidate campaigns.

The Comptroller shall review all revenue estimates and expenditure estimates for Medicaid, public assistance and pension contributions and health care insurance costs for County employees to be used in the proposed tentative budget prepared by the County Executive and submit to the Legislature in writing by the 15th of October a report indicating whether or not such estimates are suitable estimates for the upcoming fiscal year.

Cuomo, who doesn't face re-election until 2014, has pledged to enact broad new campaign finance reform laws, including the public financing of campaigns and stronger disclosure rules that target independent expenditure groups.

Such personal use will be defined as expenditures that are exclusively for personal benefit of the candidate or any other individual, not in connection with a political campaign or holding of a public office or party position.

If politicians opt into this public funding system, they will not be required to forfeit funds, but their expenditures will be capped.

«Take both the Crude Term Contract and the Direct Sale, Direct Purchase (DSDP) agreements for instance, these are not procurement contracts involving the expenditure of public funds.

It was the first federal law to establish public disclosure of financial spending by political parties (but not candidates) by requiring the national committees of political parties to file post-election reports regarding their contributions to individual candidates and their own individual expenditures.

Later, in his speech, Mandelson resurrected the 1997 Labour manifesto commitment to be «wise spenders, not big spenders» in an effort to seize the initiative in the row over public expenditure.

Last but not least, continuing the #tTransparencyTuesday theme of busting open campaign finance to the public, our County Secretary Ben Yee how to do your own Independent Expenditures (i.e., BE A SUPERPAC) with step - by - step instructions.

«What's happened is people have said they have had quite enough of austerity politics, they have had quite enough of cuts in public expenditure, underfunding our health service, underfunding our schools and our education service and not giving our young people the chance they deserve in our society.»

«We must replace the public embarrassment of existing campaign financing laws, which allow enormous contributions and unlimited expenditures, with a system of reasonable limits that levels the playing field and ensures that meritorious candidates are not discouraged by the costs of running for public office.»

The court - ordered expenditures, however, hasn't resulted in the desired outcome: better civic public education.

He said: «It was Roy Jenkins who warned that governments could not keep pushing up public expenditure and maintain the values of a plural society with adequate freedom of choice».

«The public doesn't believe that the corruption (in New York) has to do with independent expenditure campaigns,» said Susan Lerner of Common Cause New York.

It is not possible to operate a small facility without taking huge losses each year, and a big facility with more features could be considered an unnecessary waste of public expenditures.

Brown cautions that this study does not address the question of how to optimize public health expenditures among various programs, but notes that other researchers have begun investigating the costs of foundational public health services at a county - wide level.

«As a public policy matter, you're not doing the nation a favor if you reduce the government's share, if the total expenditure is coming out of the U.S. economy,» says Lewis Branscomb, an adjunct professor at the University of California at San Diego.

Had the government paid for the voucher, the expenditure could have taken the form of a simple transfer from the public sector to the private sector, which in the long run need not add to the per - pupil cost of education.

When the public is provided with specific information on the current level of expenditure in the local school district, it is less willing to spend more money on schools than when this information is not given.

At that time, the country did not realize it was about to enter a deep recession followed by a prolonged, uneven recovery, and 50 % of the public was ready to spend more on schools even after being told current levels of per - pupil expenditure in the local school district.

In that year, 61 % of the «uninformed» public (those not told current expenditure levels in their local district) endorsed more spending.

He decides that they are hopeless or worthless, and certainly not worth the expenditure of public resources.

For one thing, the per - pupil expenditure for public school students can not be directly translated into the private school setting.

Nevada ESA (not yet funded), Tax - Credit Scholarship 0.16 % of Nevada's combined program and public K — 12 current expenditures $ 6.0 million

While the funding increase to make expenditures at schools of choice more aligned with traditional school district expenditures is laudable, these changes do not address the fundamental issue of funding inequity: that public schools of choice are not included in ECS and their students are therefore at risk of being treated differently under challenging funding conditions.

That includes teachers and other employee salaries who work with students with disabilities, services and resources for those students, transportation for students with disabilities and other expenditures to ensure districts are serving students with disabilities in accordance with federal and state laws that can range from due process costs or even tuition for schooling alternatives when a public school can't meet their needs.

Like the Education Next survey, the Friedman survey asked respondents whether they thought public school spending was too high, about right, or too low, after first randomly assigning the respondents into two groups: one that first heard a prompt explaining that the average U.S. public school spends $ 10,658 per pupil (this is average operating expenditure per pupil), while the other group was not given any prompt.

How can the Foundation justify its expenditures to advocate for public investment in data systems when the basic needs of children aren't being met in schools?

Equally important, the implementation of the LIFE proposal would not require any material new expenditures or guarantees from the public purse.

Bonner acknowledged that the bill did not mandate the expenditures, but simply allowed the counties to build a shelter if they chose to, but she said that to the public, «May means shall.»

Maybe the climate database isn't such a risky issue but they are proposing some serious public expenditure as appropriate public response to theirr research.

They have stuck to their guns on issues like carbon pricing, and advanced serious and credible policies on tax and public expenditure, something that hasn't been attempted since John Hewson's Fightback!

Scientific hypotheses and data that have never been rigorously tested are not fit to be used for public policy purposes, and particularly for those involving multi-trillion expenditures per year.

What I am saying is that these expenditures don't matter (they are more than countered by expenditures of the enviro advocacy groups), and have become increasingly irrelevant with the ascendancy of the auditor group, which is motived by a desire for public accountability and genuine scientific interest in the subject.